About us
The School of Life Sciences mission is to deliver excellence in research and teaching by maintaining a vigorous, forward looking and internationally competitive community of scholars.
The remarkable advances, particularly in genomics and cell and molecular biology, and the parallel developments in computing and electronics will make this the century of biology and informatics. Our College is playing a leading role in stimulating collaborative research to address the scientific challenges of this post-genomic and informatics age, with other science and computing departments within the University of Glasgow and through our external research links in the UK and beyond.
The diversity of our College's research activity enables us to offer a wide range of courses. Our students are able to choose from 20 separate honours degree courses including the MSci degree in which students spend a year doing research in industry or at some other organization in the UK or abroad. The 2012 National Student Survey returned a result of Glasgow University achieving an overall satisfaction rating of 90%, which maintains the high score of the 2010 Survey. The last Enhancement-Led Institutional Review found that 'broad confidence' could be placed in the soundness of the University's procedures, likely future management of the quality of its programmes, as well as the academic standards of our awards. 'Broad confidence' is the best possible judgement available to the Review Team.
The School of Life Sciences is responsible for the organisation and delivery of teaching for undergraduate degree programmes (BSc, BSc (Hons), MSci), and taught postgraduate programmes (MRes, MSc) across the Life Sciences. The School provides teaching and support for degree programmes delivered in the other Schools within MVLS – medicine, dentistry, nursing and veterinary medicine – and, in partnership with Research Institutes in MVLS, contributes to postgraduate teaching and research. The School is working to create an environment within which staff can take forward research and scholarship.
Strengths
- The academic breadth of teaching activities
- Innovative teaching practice
- Experienced staff committed to providing an excellent teaching and learning experience for students
- Substantial flexibility within the range of available degree programmes
- The quality of the student experience as reflected in Institution-led, national and international surveys (eg National Student Survey, International Student Barometer).
The School of Life Sciences is part of the College of Medicine Veterinary and Life Sciences